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10:40 AM ET, July 24, 2006

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AMD drops desktop processor prices by 47% — Sunnyvale (CA) - As expected, AMD rings in the next round of the processor price battle with Intel. In an effort to remain competitive, the company today slashed the prices of all desktop processors. In the strategically important field of socket AM2 CPUs …

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Darragh Johnson / Washington Post:

A Tough Call: Invisible Phone Or Invisible Friend — Crazy? — Or cellphone? — It's the latest sidewalk game in the urban canyon: — On K Street, a guy in a tie screams at the air: "Who do you think you are?" — In Dupont Circle, a woman downing dainty bites of a muffin ponders …

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Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:

Kazaa, Skype, and now "The Venice Project" — Serial entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are at it again, this time with a venture for distributing TV and other video over the Net — Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the entrepreneurs who created the pioneering Web applications Kazaa and Skype …

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Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:

The Movie Business Challenge — This is an open challenge. You come up with a solution, you get a job. Seriously. — This is the problem that consumes me more than what Free Agent we are going to sign. How to get the NBA to get their act together. Which 7-11 Im going to run by to get a sandwich.

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Xbox 360 Messenger Bag Makes You Look Puffy — My 360 doesn't get much. In fact, it doesn't get out at all. Like me, the console lives out its daily existence at home. Gear maker A.L.S. Industries has released a green ring 360 messenger bag for those that actually go out in the world and take their consoles with them.

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Damien Mulley:

How to use Google to get a girl and get laid — Please note that this is both a humourous and cynical piece on dating using Google. Try not to take this seriously. — This article is about using the many Google sites and applications to get yourself a girl and get yourself laid.

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Amie Street: Awesome New Music Model — A lot has happened in the music space recently that suggests a steady progression towards the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. In my opinion this progression/evolution is inevitable, and will be followed by a reduction in pricing towards zero …

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